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Shark Fin Soup Helps the Poor
Published on 16 Feb, 2012 at 21:26 in Documents / PDF, Publications | Viewed 3,210 views times | 29 Comments
Is the Fin Industry all that Bad? A seminar hold by Dr Choo-hoo Giam, Member, CITES Animals committee, UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Shark’s fin soup Also helps the Poor ‘’Each year, 73 million sharks are killed primarily for their fins to feed our increasing hunger for sharks fin soup.’’ WWF Singapore
Fisheries in the WECAFC region
Published on 16 Feb, 2012 at 4:37 in Documents / PDF, Publications | Viewed 341 views times | No Comments
WESTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC FISHERY COMMISSION (WECAFC) FOURTEENTH SESSION Panama City, Panama, 6-9 February 2012 ‘ Review of the State of Fisheries in the WECAFC region ‘ by Tarûb Bahri PDF – DOWNLOAD
BC Spiny Dogfish – Fisheries in Transition
Published on 7 Feb, 2012 at 4:34 in Documents / PDF, Publications | Viewed 501 views times | No Comments
50 Interviews with the Fishing Sector Report commissioned by The Prince’s Charities’ International Sustainability Unit February 2012 Please see PDF – page 36 : British Columbian Spiny Dogfish Fishery Interview with Michael Renwick, Executive Director of the British Columbia Dogfish Hook and Line Industry Association PDF-Download
Clasper of the Southern Thorny Skate Amblyraja doellojuradoi
Published on 6 Feb, 2012 at 4:21 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 660 views times | No Comments
Published on 3. February 2012. Description of the clasper of the Southern Thorny Skate Amblyraja doellojuradoi (Pozzi, 1935) (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) Gabriela Delpiani, Daniel E. Figueroa and Ezequiel Mabragaña ABSTRACT: This work constitutes the first description of the clasper of Amblyraja doellojuradoi. The characterization was based on both external morphology and the composition of the internal
A review of elasmobranch research in the Red Sea
Published on 1 Feb, 2012 at 20:09 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 335 views times | No Comments
Published online on 30. January 2012 J. L. Y. Spaet, S. R. Thorrold, M. L. Berumen. ABSTRACT: Given the global concern about the status of elasmobranch fishes, the paucity of information on elasmobranchs in the Red Sea is worrisome. Management of elasmobranchs in areas other than the Red Sea has been helped by research on
A new species of softnose skate from New Caledonia
Published on 29 Jan, 2012 at 12:36 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 382 views times | No Comments
Published online on 26. January 2012. Bathyraja leucomelanos, a new species of softnose skate (Chondrichthyes: Arhynchobatidae) from New Caledonia Samuel Paco Iglésias and Lauriana Lévy-Hartmann ABSTRACT: A new species of softnose skate (Arhynchobatidae) is described, based on a single adult male measuring 895 mm TL that was collected at a depth of 953–1,022 m on the Coriolis
Conservation of whale sharks in Eastern Indonesia
Published on 26 Jan, 2012 at 4:03 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 456 views times | 1 Comment
Published online on 24. January 2012 Prospects for whale shark conservation in Eastern Indonesia through bajo traditional ecological knowledge and community-based monitoring Natasha E Stacey, Johanna Karam, Mark G Meekan, Samuel Pickering, Jotham Ninef ABSTRACT: The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a long-lived migratory species inhabiting tropical and warm-temperate waters worldwide. Seasonal aggregations of whale
2012 Southern Division AFS Spring Meeting
Published on 25 Jan, 2012 at 20:25 in Documents / PDF, Publications | Viewed 574 views times | No Comments
January 26-29, 2012 in Biloxi, Mississippi Meeting with Elasmobranch Symposium. FINAL PROGRAM ( including Abstracts ): Fisheries in Recovery ? PDF – Download
Influence of intra-specific predator-prey interactions on juvenile lemon sharks
Published on 23 Jan, 2012 at 11:39 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 422 views times | No Comments
Published online on 20. January 2012. Deep danger: intra-specific predation risk influences habitat use and aggregation formation of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris Tristan L. Guttridge, Samuel H. Gruber, Bryan R. Franks, Steven T. Kessel, Katie S. Gledhill, Jen Uphill, Jens Krause, David W. Sims ABSTRACT: Non-consumptive or risk effects imposed by predators can influence
Effects of an extreme temperature event on bull sharks
Published on 23 Jan, 2012 at 11:21 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 1,007 views times | No Comments
Not published yet Effects of an extreme temperature event on the behavior and age structure of an estuarine top predator, Carcharhinus leucas Philip Matich, Michael R. Heithaus ABSTRACT: The frequency of extreme environmental events is predicted to increase in the future. Understanding the short- and long-term impacts of these extreme events on large-bodied predators will